Coronavirus In Animals In Denmark
By Tuesday coronavirus had been reported on 237 farms in. The country has registered 50530 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 729 deaths. Covid 19 Mink Variants Discovered In Humans In Seven Countries Environment The Guardian Danish authorities say new research suggests need to cull all the mink on its 1200 farms. Coronavirus in animals in denmark . Millions of mink were culled over fears that the animals could transmit a mutated form of COVID-19 to humans. Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people. The work will begin in May 2021 when the risk of coronavirus contamination from the dead animals has been eliminated. In late 2020 Denmark culled millions of farmed minks after a coronavirus strain found in the animals. SARS-CoV-2 the virus that causes COVID-19 is zoonotic which likely to have originated from animals such as bats and pangolins. The World Health Organization WHO defines a pandemic a